NURS 202 Lecture 7: Pain Assessment and Treatment Options
9 Nov 2016
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Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with a ctua l or pote ntia l tis s ue da ma ge , or de s cribe d in te rms of s uch damage . Whatever the person experiencing it says it is occurring whenever he/she says it does . P a in with a p urpos e. Ca na dia n p a in s urve y (2007) Ke y p rinciple s to ma na ge p a in. Me cha nis m of p a in. Wa rns us of immine nt / a ctua l tis s ue da ma ge. Elicits coordina te d re fle x a nd be ha vioura l re s pons e s to ke e p injury to a minimum. 33% ca na dia ns now live with mod - s e ve re pa in.
